Blake is a carpet installer who wants to be paid for each square foot of carpet he lays rather than with an hourly wage. Black prefers working on a _______ schedule of a reinforcement.a. fixed-ratiob. fixed-intervalc. fixed-variabled. variable-ratio

Rates of operant responding are ________ for fixed-ratio than for fied-interal schedules; they are ________ for variable-ratio than for variable-interval scedulesa. lower; higherb. higher; lowerc. lower; lowerd. higher; higher

The use of physcial punishment maya. lead to the suppression but not the forgetting of undesireable behaviorb. model aggression as a way of coping with problemsc. lead pople to fear and avoid the punishing agentd. have all of these results

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be considered an important component of effective student instruction involving the use of interactive software?a. respondent behaviorb. immediate reinforcementc. operant behaviord. shaping

Two years ago, the de Castellane Manufacturing Company included its employees in a profit-sharing plan in which workers receive semii-annual bonuses based on the company's profits. Since this plan was initieated, worker productivity at de Castellane has nearly doubled. This productivity incease is best explained in terms of a. latent learningb. operant conditioningc. classical conditioningd. spontaneous recovery